Kejriwal: I’ll monitor MCD work personally if we win

NEW DELHI: CM Arvind Kejriwal has promised a hands-on role in running Delhi’s municipal corporations if AAP comes to power in Sunday’s elections but ruled out any involvement of PM Narendra Modi in the city’s administration if the BJP retains power.

“The BJP is seeking votes only, and only, in the name of Modiji. I would like to tell people that Modiji is not going to run MCD… MCD will only be run by Kejriwal,” the AAP national convener told Hindustan Times in an interview on Thursday. The AAP is making its debut in the civic elections, being billed as a barometer for the Kejriwal government’s popularity two years after it won an overwhelming mandate in the assembly polls.

Kejriwal argued that Delhi’s elected government has been reduced to an “advisory” role because all files went to the Lieutenant-Governor’s office for clearance, but things would be different in the MCDs. “Under MCD rules... the House is supreme,” he said.

The Delhi CM said his government has demolished several “mafias” which were allegedly active in the state government —power, water, medicines, contractors, education — and would end the parking, hoarding and contractors’ mafia in the MCD.

I would like to tell people that Modiji is not going to run MCD… MCD will only be run by Kejriwal ARVIND KEJRIWAL, Delhi CM